Hong Kong’s Antonio Carabillo has sensationally captured the Number 1 ranking in Asia after his appearance in the final of the Asian Cup in Melbourne in January.

Antonio Carabillo (HKG)

Despite losing 2-0 to Melbourne TFC’s Carl Young, Antonio leapt to the top of the Asian rankings courtesy of his previous place of #77 on the world rankings.
Carl meanwhile jumped 101 places into 34th on the world list, placing him 3rd in Asia and the top Aussie, ahead of clubmate Peter Thomas.

Carl Young (Melbourne TFC)

Singapore’s Anas Rahamat of Jurong Central dropped to second in Asia.
There were a swathe of Asian players who had significant world ranking jumps, as can be seen in the world and ranking lists listed below.
Melbourne TFC grabbed top spot on the Asian club rankings, with Sydney TFC moving into 4th place.

Melbourne TFC: Team Champions of Asia

In the U19 category, Northern Falcons TFC’s Oliver Ollnow added top place in the Asian rankings to his victory in the U19 category at the Asian Cup, replacing Singapore’s Giovanni Choong.

Oliver Ollnow (Left) took out the Junior Title

With changes to theU15 and U12 category groups, and the Asian players moving into the U19 categories, there was not as much movement there.
In the Ladies category, Northern Phoenix’s Beth Eveligh gained some consolation for losing the Ladies’ final in Melbourne by grabbing the #1 ranking in Asia.

Players in the Ladies Category – Beth Eveleigh (Northern Phoenix in yellow).

All rankings are here:

FISTF Rankings Jan 2018 movement – Ladies ASIA
FISTF Rankings Jan 2018 movement – Open ASIA
FISTF Rankings Jan 2018 movement – Team ASIA
FISTF Rankings Jan 2018 movement – U19 ASIA
FISTF Rankings Jan 2018 movement – U15 ASIA
FISTF Rankings Jan 2018 movement – U12 ASIA
FISTF Rankings Jan 2018 movement – Vets ASIA